v.
 (interprets, interpreting, interpreted)
  - explain the meaning of (words, actions, etc.). 
▸translate orally the words of a person speaking a different language.
 - perform (a creative work) in a way that conveys one's understanding of the creator's ideas. 
▸understand as having a particular meaning or significance.
 
 
  Derivative
  
    - interpretability n.
  - interpretable adj.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. interpreter or L. interpretari ‘explain, translate’, from interpres, interpret- ‘agent, translator, interpreter’.